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January
Title: Tide Flats
How I did it:
Climbed a very steep hill to look down on an inland waterway that was subjected to very strong tides. As the water receded natural strips of mud revealed themselves as the water level dropped.
I made my exposures of this fascinating pattern and decided to convert the file to B/W and increased the contrast to make the ridges very prominent. By now the once natural look took on an abstract appearance. I wanted to do something with the small fishing boat that was in the process of navigating the maze to reach deep water. My solution was to apply a layer mask and paint back the natural colors of the vessel and her occupant leaving everything else mono.
Comments
| Maria Korab-Laskowska |
Beautiful and simple image with great impact. I love composition and how lines are placed in the frame.
Trying to find something to improve I would suggest cloning out a tiny part of the shadow so it does not touch upper corner of the boat.
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| Tom Icklan (postcomment space) |
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| Mark Greenberg |
Very clever presentation of a captivating image. The boat really pops and there is a sense of both realism and fantasy. The strong diagonals of the dark mud are balanced by the implied diagonal reaching from the boat to the upper right corner. Also, good that bottom long mud diagonal is above, not right at bottom right corner. Nothing I would change.
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| Eduardo Atienzar Martinez |
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| Kieu-Hanh Vu |
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| Linda Phelps |
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| Debra Thompson |
a beautiful image. I think, although the pattern of the mud is abstract (and a very eyecatching, effective pattern too), the fine ripples in front of the boat lend it an element of reality that makes the image even more effective. I like the contrast of the bright yellow against the B&W. The water is grainy and maybe the darker patch on the bottom of the image slightly to the right of centre could be evened out to make the image even better. |
Tom Icklan
biography
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I got serious about photography in the mid-sixties but, after learning the fundamentals and setting up a darkroom I abandoned the hobby due to career, family and educational pursuits.
The spark was rekindled in 1993 while hiking through a nature preserve in Florida. Many Nikon's later I am now fascinated by the art of digital imaging. Using one of three Mac's and a Nikon LS 4000 slide scanner I now spend countless hours in my light room. My digital cameras also provide instant feedback and high quality images which are easily arranged in slide shows with music. An LCD projector and an Apple Powerbook enable me to entertain and share some of the things I have learned with camera club audiences in New Jersey, New York and Florida.
Prior to retiring from a career in community college teaching (mathematics) I was president of the Ocean County Camera Club in New Jersey. I now co-direct with my wife Elaine, Region 14 of PSA. Our son and daughter, Ken and Karen reside in Atlanta and have an interest in photography as well.
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